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One-Week L-Arginine Supplementation Had No Effect on 200m Freestyle Swimming Time Trial in Moderately-Trained Male Swimmers.

Journal of dietary supplements2023The record ↗

  1. Finding, very limited evidenceno difference foundTime-trial completion time

No finding here moved its endpoint.

What did not

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  • “Completion time of the 200-m freestyle swimming time-trial did not differ significantly (F = 4.55; P = 0.060; ŋp2 = 0.394) between control (149.40 ± 9.88 s), L-arginine (146.02 ± 10.34 s) and placebo trials (147.58 ± 10.86 s).”
    Study
    crossover
    Duration
    7 days
    Dose studied
    8 g/d L-arginine for 7 days
    Population
    Trained/developmental male swimmers (about 3 sessions per week), 200-m freestyle swimming time trial, randomised cross-over with a no-supplement control trial and a placebo trial

Study record

Design
crossover trial
Species
human
Population
trained/developmental male swimmers; L-arginine (8 g/d) versus placebo and a no-supplement control trial
Participants
8
Comparator
placebo
Duration
7 days
Endpoints measured
2